"It's a Feeling That One Is Not Worth Food": A Qualitative Study Exploring the Psychosocial Experience and Academic Consequences of Food Insecurity Among College Students
"It's a Feeling That One Is Not Worth Food": A Qualitative Study Exploring the Psychosocial Experience and Academic Consequences of Food Insecurity Among College Students
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jand.2018.09.006
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发表时间：
2019-10-01
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4.8
通讯作者：
Leung, Cindy W.
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作者：
Meza, Anthony;Altman, Emily;Leung, Cindy W.
背景食品不安全问题是美国高等教育机构日益关注的问题之一。除了对发病率和风险因素的研究外，研究需要更好地了解粮食不安全影响学生健康和幸福的机制。目的批判性地探讨大学生粮食不安全的经历及其对心理社会健康和学习成绩的影响。对大学生进行了深入的定性访谈，以更好地了解粮食不安全影响其心理社会健康和学业的机制。参与者/设置二十五名本科生从一所大型公立大学在加州谁被招募从校园食品pantry.Results学生讨论了几个主题相关的心理社会影响的粮食不安全：影响日常生活的粮食不安全的压力，对家庭失望的恐惧，对粮食和经济状况较稳定的学生的怨恨，无法发展有意义的社会关系，因反思粮食不安全而感到悲伤，感到绝望或不值得帮助，以及因学术机构没有提供足够的支持而感到沮丧。学生们还讨论了粮食不安全如何影响他们的学习成绩，通过饥饿的身体表现和专注于食物和专注于academs.Conclusion之间的心理权衡这些研究结果有助于理解这意味着什么，在高等教育中的经验粮食不安全，并可以告知大学如何支持学生的基本需求。
Background The issue of food insecurity is one of growing concern among institutions of higher learning in the United States. In addition to studies on the prevalence and risk factors, research is needed to better understand the mechanisms by which food insecurity affects students' health and well-being.Objective To critically explore the experience of food insecurity among college students and its impact on psychosocial health and academic performance.Design In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with college students to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms by which food insecurity affects their psychosocial health and academic performance.Participants/setting Twenty-five undergraduate students from a large public university in California who were recruited from a campus food pantry.Results Students discussed several themes related to the psychosocial effects of food insecurity: the stress of food insecurity interfering with daily life, a fear of disappointing family, resentment of students in more stable food and financial situations, an inability to develop meaningful social relationships, sadness from reflecting on food insecurity, feeling hopeless or undeserving of help, and frustration directed at the academic institution for not providing enough support. Students also discussed how food insecurity affected their academic performance through physical manifestations of hunger and the mental trade-off between focusing on food and focusing on academics.Conclusion These findings contribute to the understanding of what it means to experience food insecurity in higher education and can inform how universities support students' basic needs.